The document discusses entrepreneurship education and technology commercialization at Northeastern University. It defines entrepreneurship as starting a business and outlines Northeastern's I-cubator process which takes ideas from faculty, students, and industrial partners and helps turn them into commercial products through academic courses, research, prototype development, and securing licensing and investments. The process aims to close the innovation gap. It also mentions two relevant master's programs and that the programs serve both recent graduates and mid-career professionals through both on-campus and online options.

1. Entrepreneurship Education and Technology Commercialization Tom Ermolovich Visiting Assistant Professor School of Technological Entrepreneurship College of Professional Studies [email_address] Phone: 617-508-1800

2. How do define entrepreneurship?

3. Webster: “One who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.”

4. Our definition: “One who starts a business.”

5. Our definition: “One who starts a business.” Technology

10. Analytical Artistic

11. Academic Experiential

12. Program Concept I-cubator Academic courses Idea

13. Innovation Timelines Research Product Development Patent License & Investment Product Sales Research Idea Technology Transfer Product Development License Development Innovation Gap Faculty Interest Traditional Path since Bayh Dole

14. I-cubator Process Flow Industrial Ideas Faculty Ideas MTTC NU TTO Student Ideas Idea Selection Committee Project Team Business Plan & Prototype Venture Partners Industry Partners Spin-out Spin-out Spin-in Opportunity Assessment Product Requirements & Prototype Customer Validation Business Plan & Investor Presentation

17. On-the-ground Online Recent grads Mid-career MSTE MSTC

18. Questions?